John Shaw Rennie

Sir John Shaw Rennie
Sir John Shaw Rennie; GCMG OBE
1st Governor-General of Mauritius
	In office; 12 March 1968 – 3 September 1968
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Michel Rivalland (acting)
Personal details
Born	12 January 1917
Died	12 August 2002 (aged 85)[1]

Sir John Shaw Rennie GCMG OBE (12 January 1917 – 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.[2]

Early life

John Rennie was born in Glasgow and educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1951 Rennie was appointed Britain's deputy colonial secretary for Mauritius.[3] He was the British Resident in Vanuatu from 1955 to 1962.[4] From 1962 to 1968 he was Governor of Mauritius, overseeing Mauritius' transition to independence. From 1968 to 1971 Rennie was UNRWA deputy Commissioner-General under Laurence Michelmore, who persuaded then-U.N. Secretary-General U Thant to appoint Rennie as his successor.[5]

References

Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002
Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vanuatu.html
Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002

Government offices
Preceded by Hubert Flaxman	Governor of Vanuatu 1955–1962	Succeeded by Alexander Mair Wilkie
Preceded by Colville Deverell	Governor of Mauritius 1962–1968	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Position established	Governor-General of Mauritius 1968	Succeeded by Michel Rivalland Acting
Positions in intergovernmental organisations
Preceded by Laurence Michelmore ()	Commissioner-General for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East April 1971–1977	Succeeded by Thomas McElhiney ()

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[1] Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002

[Schiff-2] Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.

[WhoWasWho-3] RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010

[4] ttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vanuatu.html

[5] Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002